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How to Build a Read-It-Later App

Build a read-it-later application for saving articles with a clean reading experience and offline access.

Complete guide with costs, timeline, and tech stack.

$10,000 - $28,000
Market Rate
3-7 weeks
Build Timeline
$2,997
Our Fixed Price

Key Features to Include

A successful read-it-later app needs these core features to deliver value to your users:

Article saving & parsing
Clean reading view
Highlighting & annotations
Tags & organization
Offline access
Text-to-speech
Browser extensions
Reading progress sync

Recommended Tech Stack

We recommend these technologies for building a modern, scalable read-it-later app:

Next.js
PostgreSQL
Mercury Parser
Service Workers
S3

Why this stack? This combination offers rapid development, excellent performance, and easy scalability. Next.js provides a great developer experience with built-in optimization, while PostgreSQL ensures reliable data management.

Project Complexity: Standard

Standard - Multiple user types, integrations needed

Based on complexity, building a read-it-later app typically takes 3-7 weeks. Our 2-week MVP sprint covers most standard projects, with additional time for advanced features if needed.

Who Should Build a Read-It-Later App?

Avid readers, researchers, content consumers

Successful Read-It-Later App Examples

These successful products can serve as inspiration for your read-it-later app:

Pocket
Instapaper
Matter
Omnivore

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